Drive Set For October 10 in United War Chest Campaign
Lubbock county launches its United War Chest drive with campaign colonels and majors to lead efforts. Rural district chair H Bryan and city chair James L. Quicksall announce formation of committees across schools and services to finance 82 war relief agencies.
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Eback County
United War Chest
Jpaign
James L. Uicksall
H. Bryan
Ers
Asampaign
Lubbock County
Bryan
J. A. Deering
Cooper
H. Jr
G. L. Farar
Frenship School
A. L. Fau
Ion
New Deal School
T. H. Curry
Shallowater
Roy Farr
Fuller
J. D. Hassell
C. A. Wick
Retha Martin
Alex McDonald
J. H. Brock
Hurley Carpenter
Fifth Army honors Brazil with military decoration
In September 209 delayed report Lt. Mark W. Clark commander of the Fifth Army Maj. Gen. Al M Gruenther chief of staff Maj. Gen. Willis D Critten Fourth corps commander presented Brazil's military decoration today by Maj Enrico Gaspar Dutra Brazil minister of war
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Brazil
Mark W. Clark
Al.m. Gruenther
Willis D. Critten
Enrico Gaspar Dutra
Marshall Islands start democratic rule with Kanaka officials
Notices posted by Rear Adm. Alva Bernhard announce self government for Marshall Islands natives. Elections appoint native officers including magister, tax collector, medical practitioner, and district administrator. First self rule for Marshalese, under U S military governance.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Adm
Alva D. Bernhard
U. S
Dritel Ailin
Drijeje
Dritel Bukwon
Wallet Returns After Six Months In Plane
Pfc. E. L. Trautner’s billfold, lost in the wing of a B 24 while repairing a fuel cell, was flown across the country for six months and finally recovered when the plane landed at Fort Worth Army Air Field. Trautner, an Army Air Forces mechanic, had slipped the wallet from his pocket during maintenance before the cell was toned up. There were 1,350 screws between him and the missing wallet.
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Fort Worth
Pfc
E. L. Trautner
Trautner
Army Air Forces
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Destroyer To Bear Name Of Texas Hero
A new U S destroyer to be launched at Houston will bear the name of First Lt. William D. Hawkins United States Marine of El Paso Texas. Hawkins received the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for bravery at Tarawa and his name will honor his courage as the ship heads toward the battlefronts from the Consolidated Steel shipyards. Hawkins field on Betio island commemorates the Marine hero who rose from enlisted man to officer during the Solomons campaign.
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Houston
U. S
Texas
William D. Hawkins
United States Marine of
el Paso
Tex
Consolidated Steel Corporation
Hawkins
Roosevelt
Tarawa
Betio Island
Hawkins Field
The
Solomons
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Charles Read
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John T. Potter
Austin
Eft
WAC Pvt
Marjorie English
Oneida
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Paris
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Natick
Mass
Rac de Troiphe
Sheppard Field
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Lee
Pat Murphy
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Milady
Dial
Theo Enochs
Lubbock
Plymouth
Dodge Trucks
Dodge Truck Motors
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Transportation Headquarters
Doggett’s
LACE
Texas Ranger
Ranger JR
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